Guido Gazzilli’s ProfileGuido Gazzilli’s Profile
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- 9Oct
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- I went to Lampedusa when the "emergency" was on every Italian's mind. It was the front page of every paper, the opener for every news cycle, the topic during talk shows. The main point I was getting was that the Lampedusans were angry, the island devastated by these people who were essentially squatting everywhere, that the locals had taken to not leaving their homes, their lives destroyed. I saw the opposite, the locals taking in these immigrants, feeding them, clothing them,...
Guido Gazzilli was born in 1983 in Rome where he currently lives and works.
He graduated from IED of Rome in 2006.
He has extensively traveled throughout Europe to photograph new urban cultures and the independent music scene, during this time he has concentrated on documentary style stories focusing mainly on social issues, and has exhibited and published his work in a number of international magazines and websites such as: Ventiquattro Magazine, Rolling Stone, BURN, Foto8, Vice, Nero, PRIVATE, Fantom, Pig, Uomo Vogue, among others.
He has worked as an assistant for Paolo Pellegrin (Magnum Photos).
He has also taken part in many group and solo exhibitions:
Portfolio Italia, Centro Italiano Fotografia Autore, Bibbiena 2011
Human Kind, New York Photofestival 2010
Galleria 2palle, Nike Sportswear "GsPolo", Rome 2010
Outdoor, Palladium Rome, 2010
3.32 Reportage Atri Festival , 2009
Luce Dentro, Love and Dissent, Rome 2009
RAM_09 Palladium, Rome 2009
Una Foto Per, Officine Fotografiche Rome 2009
Galleria S.T, Land Is Unchanged Rome 2008
This Is All I Came To Do, Jaguar Shoes, London 2008
Ruhende Winkel, Frankfurt Am Main 2008
Books:
2011: A Book of Beds, Foam magazine
2011: Reporters Without Borders Yearbook
2010: Cosmogonia Collection, Nero Magazine
2009: Reportage Atri Festival catalogue, Peliti Associati
Grants and Awards:
Canon Young Photograher Award /Camera della Moda 2011
First Prize "Fotoleggendo 2010"
Foto Visura Grant 2010- Honorable Mention
Portfolio Italia - Gran Premio EPSON- 5th Classified
Finalist at "Celebrate Originality Award" by Adidas.
Clients: ENI, Adidas, Nike Italy, Redbull, Enel - Enel Cuore Onlus.
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